Infantry Museum, Southern Savonia, Finland
4.5 (37 reviews) Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #4 in Mikkeli Speciality Museums
Infantry Museum
Mikkeli is a pleasant town to walk, there are several nice places where a person could go, a visit to Cathedral church is always interesting,also is nice to wander trough their square and streets, but if you are interested in the recent history of Finlandia or in the II W.W you should go to Infantry Museum. It is in old Finnish Army barracks. Inside the Museum is possible to see weapons and uniforms used by Germany and Finnish Army during II WW, and the Winter War against the USSR. You can see several documentaries in adittion to models where this Winter battles took place. In my opinion is an atarction who whorth be visited. After your visit, if you want you can buy a souvenir or maybe, go for a walk across the Museum Gardens, ending you visit drinking a beer or a coffe in the Museum coffee shop.
Address
Jaeaekaerinkatu 6-8, Mikkeli 50100 Finland
Mobile
Website
http://www.jalkavakimuseo.fi/
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 15:27
User Ratings
4.5 based on (37 reviews)
Reviews
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4Jellona 5:00 PM Aug 22, 2020
Better than expected
Don't let the old building fool you, the museum is really worth visiting if you are interested in history and especially ww2. It has good displays about the Finnish civil war as well as the ww2 in Finland. In another building there are some special displays about UN troops etc.
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4peki321 5:00 PM Jul 19, 2017
Nice 1 hour visit
We visited with our 6 year old on our way from Kuopio to Helsinki. The museum was a nice stop in the middle of a long ride. There was "picture orienteering" for the kids (task: find parts of the exhibit shown in small picture leaflet; special gift for those who find all or thereabouts). Nit very large but good for 1 hour visit. Some parts of exhibits you could walk into (kind of trenches built inside). Couple a few bigger equipment outside. Probably more interesting for boys but it seemed some girls from other families were having good time also. There was a small museum cafe in separate building - coffee, sweets and a few warm dishes for lunch.
